[PHOTO] Court employees in Malaybalay City watch Chief Justice Corona’s televised speech

Gov vetoes ordinances creating history officer, fixed SP staff posts

MALAYBALAY CITY – (Bukidnon News Dispatch/06 October) Gov. Alex P. Calingasan vetoed two ordinances passed by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan in May and August 2011, according to a copy of his letter to the provincial board. The provincial board passed in May 18, 2011 Ordinance No. 2011-023R or the “Ordinance permanently providing staff personnel in the [...]

Killer buses in Bukidnon highways: In 2011 – 9 deaths in 32 RTMI bus accidents

Special Report (First of a series) MALAYBALAY CITY (Bukidnon News Dispatch/06 October) –  Jerry Villamor, who works for the municipal government of Manolo Fortich was operating the town’s crane on September 6 in Mangima, Tankulan village. They were responding to a vehicular accident that happened earlier. A Starex van fell off the road and they [...]

Vice Gov. Zubiri to take a leave for US trip

MALAYBALAY CITY – (Bukidnon News Dispatch/05 October) Vice Gov. Jose Ma. R. Zubiri Jr. announced he will be leaving for the United States this month to accompany his wife Ma. Victoria F. Zubiri or “Vicky” for medical procedures there. Zubiri told Bukidnon News he will fly to an undisclosed US city on October 21. The [...]

House approves Bukidnon’s 4th legislative district – records

MALAYBALAY CITY – (Bukidnon News Dispatch/04 October) The House of Representatives approved Monday House Bill No. 5236 or the “Act Reapportioning the Province of Bukidnon into four legislative districts,” House records obtained by Bukidnon News showed. The House approved the bill on third reading on October 3, 2011 with 217-0-0 votes, barely a month after [...]

Capitol’s outstanding personnel, units honored

MALAYBALAY CITY-  (Bukidnon News Dispatch/04 October) – Four officers of the Provincial Government of Bukidnon, outstanding offices and units, and about 140 loyal personnel were honored during the culminating and awarding ceremony of the Civil Service Commission anniversary celebration. Marie Carmen C. Unabia, department head of the Provincial Economic Enterprise Development and Management Office (PEEDMO) [...]

Capitol proposes P1.33B 2012 budget, SP scheds marathon hearings

MALAYBALAY CITY (Bukidnon News Dispatch/04 October)–  Gov. Alex Calingasan has proposed a P1.330 billion budget for 2012, about P50 million short compared to the provincial government’s 2011 budget of P1.379 billion. The Provincial Government of Bukidnon, which received an internal revenue allotment of P1.311 billion in 2011, will receive only P1.249 billion this year or [...]

Funding halts in 2011 for P2.85 billion Bukidnon road projects

MALAYBALAY CITY(Bukidnon News Dispatch / 03 Oct 2011) – The national government has stopped funding about P2.85 billion worth of road projects in Bukidnon, at least in one of the province’s three districts, board member Nemesio Beltran Jr said. Beltran cited four road projects in the second district started by Department of Public Works and [...]

Capitol intensifies ‘Greening’ Program

MALAYBALAY CITY(Bukidnon News Dispatch/ 29 Sept.) — About 400 Benguet Pines and 1,300 Mahogany Seedlings were dispersed to be planted, mobilizing majority of the provincial government employees of Bukidnon for the tree-planting activity last September 23 at the Provincial Tree Park.